 The team played its way to the final of the 1943 Tschammerpokal, predecessor of today's German Cup, where they lost 2–3 to Vienna FC.LSV Hamburg then totally dominated the Gauliga Hamburg in 1943–44, winning 17 matches while drawing only one, and outscoring their opponents 117–13.They advanced through the national playoff rounds to the championship match on 18 June 1944 in Berlin where they dropped a 0–4 decision to defending champions Dresdner SC, a club they had earlier eliminated from German Cup competition on their march to the cup final.